Re-cycling plastic for HO scale lights

Now that my flashing coloured LED lights have arrived, I've been thinking about how to manufacture HO scale neon street signs.

Basically, I was thinking about clear acetate rectangles on which would be drawn/written logos like "HARRY'S BAR" or "MARTINI ROSSO". These would be back lit by the LED lights.

However, after a few consecutive days of spending money on eBay and Amazon, I am hesitant about buying a lot of acetate - and of which thickness and colour? And then there are the special pens or paints for drawing the designs/logos on the acetate.

But, I had a brainwave. The modern house is full of clear plastic packaging from take-away food containers to cassette and CD boxes to well anything.

I could cut plastic shapes from these containers.

And place an LED light behind one of them.

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At least the process of experimentation will cost nothing.

The next task will be to find suitable sign-writing media eg enamel paint for glass/special felt-tip pens. Not sure I have these items in the house!

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Currently listening to:

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Last night's dinner:

Partridge

With onion gravy, potatoes and cabbage

Two pellets of lead shot.

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Finished reading:

Brilliant.

I must try and see Arthur Smith at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014.

Started reading:

A collection of articles by Lester Bangs

So far I'm disappointed with these articles - even more so since I purchased the book, from Amazon. I've been pretty good at sticking to the public library in recent months.

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Miscellany:

This thingy for ergonomically angling laptops has transformed my reading comfort at the table.